Garden Community
By Yichen He
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This assignment is designed to harness creativity and critical thinking in addressing some of the pressing issues in the upcoming weeks. The task is to conceptualize and explore various facets of equatorial housing, focusing on a variety of issues.
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Interior Courtyard
Research and propose a layout for streets and service roads that prioritizes pedestrian safety and reduces car dependency. Consider how this configuration can contribute to a quieter, safer neighborhood. Integrate your findings into your community layout. Research and propose a layout for streets and service roads that prioritizes pedestrian safety and reduces car dependency. Consider how this configuration can contribute to a quieter, safer neighborhood. Integrate your findings into your community layout. Research and propose a layout for streets and service roads that prioritizes pedestrian safety and reduces car dependency.
Community Layout
Dimension your houses and propose variations. How can you introduce variety through different sizes of units or additional living components? Design at least one single-level house, one two-level house, and one house with rooftop exterior space. Dimension your houses and propose variations. How can you introduce variety through different sizes of units or additional living components? Design at least one single-level house, one two-level house, and one house with rooftop exterior space.
Bamboo Furniture
Incorporate different types of gardens into your layout: rooftop, ground, and vertical gardens. Consider the inclusion of water storage solutions to support these gardens. Incorporate different types of gardens into your layout: rooftop, ground, and vertical gardens. Consider the inclusion of water storage solutions to support these gardens.
Unit Plan Floor
Reflect on our discussions and research about Sierra Leone. Propose construction strategies for roofing, decking, and walls that are sustainable, innovative, and suited to the local context. Reflect on our discussions and research about Sierra Leone. Propose construction strategies for roofing, decking, and walls that are sustainable, innovative, and suited to the local context. Reflect on our discussions and research about Sierra Leone. Propose construction strategies for roofing.